MPs’ concern over EU aid
More than half of Europe’s development aid budget is going to “middle-income” countries that should not qualify, MPs have warned.
A Commons committee’s report challenges the UK government, which gave £1.23 billion in aid via the EU in 2010, to demand tougher standards to ensure support goes to the most needy nations.
“British taxpayers want the aid they give to go to the places where it can make the most difference, to countries where millions of people are getting by on less than a pound a day,” said Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce, who chairs the international development committee.